*Data from MSF International Activity Report 2025
Benin 2025 © Adrienne Surprenant/MSF
Benin
Providing comprehensive care in hard-to-reach communities impacted by displacement and violence
Our work in Benin
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) assists people affected by displacement and violence in northern Benin, while working to improve sexual and reproductive health care for women and adolescents in the south.
What's happening in Benin?
Amid a growing humanitarian crisis in northern Benin, thousands of people have been displaced due to insecurity and attacks by non-state armed groups. In southern Benin, despite progress achieved in recent years, significant health challenges remain, particularly regarding sexual and reproductive health care.
How we're helping in Benin
In 2025, MSF teams in northern Benin, specifically in Tanongou, responded to the needs of communities forced to flee their villages during armed raids. We supported health centers in Toucountouna and Tanguiéta with donations of supplies and by facilitating referrals. We also distributed relief items like hygiene kits and mosquito nets.
To strengthen access to health care in hard-to-reach communities, we started working in health centers in Matéri, Cobly, and Pétinga in 2025, focusing on improving treatment for malaria, injuries caused by community violence, and malnutrition among children under 5 years old and pregnant women.
How we're helping
67,800
Outpatient consultations
30,500
Malaria cases treated
4,500
Births assisted
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Learn about MSF’s journalistic roots and our commitment to bear witness and speak out about the plight of the people we treat.
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